UAG - Monarch Series Case for Samsung Galaxy Note9 - Crimson Red
Model: 211051119494
SKU: 6260979
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Customers often highlight the Monarch Series Case's excellent protection and high-quality construction. Many appreciate the case's good fit, attractive colors, and lightweight design, finding it easy to grip and use. While some mention the price as a potential drawback, the overall feedback points to a positive customer experience.
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This case is great, lightweight, and very durable without being bulky and I love it.
Posted by SamF22
UAG is known for their rugged-looking cases, so I figured when I wanted something different for my phone that this was the way to go. Unfortunately, one drop changed my opinion on what "looks" like protection but clearly isn't. The case goes on easily, and the outside borders of the case are surrounded by a hard rubber (think the consistency of tires). The back is aesthetically covered between the red spiderweb with a faux leather grain material. All ports are well-exposed, including for the stylus slot. The outside buttons are very tactile and work well (better than Otterbox buttons, which I find soft and hard to push to activate the underlying phone buttons). Where this went off-the-rails for me was a single drop that just happened to drop onto a concrete floor, flat on its screen. The result was a complete shattering (although luckily it was a Zagg glass screen protector). See photos in the review. Had the Zagg not been on the screen, that shattering would have been the actual phone screen. It appears that the top edges of the case simply don't stand up far enough to fully protect the screen and to keep the screen from being the first point of contact with the ground. Had this been a fall on the screen onto a pointy object I'd understand, but a fall about as perfectly flat as you could drop it should be intercepted by the case, not allowing the screen to absorb the brunt of the impact. Prior to this fall, the case was great. But the one thing it's supposed to do -- protect the phone and its screen -- it failed at.
Posted by GoalieMedic
This case was recommended to me by the guy at the cellphone section of the store and I've got to say that it is just great. It's rugged, goes on and off really easy, and it's kind of sexy looking (bonus!). And as an extra added feature, although my hands seem to be getting a little "dropsy" as I get older, the case allows you to use the phone as a sort of Hacky Sack when you accidentally drop it. I mean, yeah, dropping happens, but I can't be the only one that uses his (or her) feet to try to keep the phone from smashing on the ground, right? Well, if you are like me.. this case is just perfect for that. It even does a good job of protecting the phone when, during the fall, gravity swerves the phone out of foot distance and it heads straight for the asphalt unhindered by your epic Sack skills. So, yeah... good case. Get it. And maybe invest in a Hacky Sack too?
Posted by psibrone